The last person we know of to leave political power no richer than when he came into his office was, as far as I know, Thomas More. The man who gave back gifts when he realised they were not gifts but bribes. Famously written about by Robert Bolt in a Man for All Seasons Henry Viii not a man you stand against lightly, remained impressed when More resigned rather than submit to his religious authority as head of the Church if England.
We cannot go back to the time when members of Parliament were landowners and received no salary, but the salary and expenses should be ALL anyone ever received for being a servant of the people.
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